Artist: Talib Kweli Album: Prisoner of Conscious Song: Hold It Now Typed by: Nickolye16@aol.com [Intro: Talib] As we continue on From the top, yea Off top, uh Blacksmith, P.O.C., yea Pussycats, kittens, Black Panthers Cougars and tiger moms From the top, uh Yea, yea, hold it now! [Talib Kweli] I got a buzz like I'm Georgia Tech They still cheerin like I'm all that's left The air is toxic when you draw your breath Resurrect the music, I'm snatchin it from the claws of death The vital signs are improvin, I make 'em lay down An idle mind is usually described as the devil's playground My rep established, I'm rappin just for the sport of it Been nice for a career, you just barely graspin the thought of it (Hold it now!) Indebted to the hood like a RushCard Supported by push-up bras and lumbar Except I'm never sittin, I'm ever-livin like Mumm-Ra, I'm the sun God Smart as a whip but forever rippin it dumb hard I see you frontin with your dollar store shades on Faker than abs that's sprayed on, artificial as rayon My rhymin satisfyin your +Quest for Fire+ like Rae Dawn Chong, when I'm formin like Voltron, I'm young Raekwon Mix in a bit of KRS-One and Q-Tip Rakim, some of that Ice Cube, now who's this? No one as gifted as this, so magnificent Classically consistent, I'm nasty as black licorice The coldest but I get the room hotter than Bikram Yoga Seen the show you know I make the people move like an eviction notice I'm focused, I'm like Moses when the mic is on That's why these rappers scatter like roaches when the light is on Hold it now! I, I, I hold it down I'm stayin where I'm at, you better go around You know the voice and you know the sound I rip the microphone and then I throw it down Hold it now; I, I, I hold it down I'm stayin where I'm at, you better go around You know the voice and you know the sound I RIP the microphone and then I THROW it down! {*echoes*}